What a frigging mess !
Since it has been established that Intel's CPUs can not be repaired via microcode updates, all who have Intel powered PCs going back at least a decade are going to suffer a painful series of Hail Mary software patches via Intel / Windoze that will not actually fix the security issues but instead attempt to mitigate them. So far those patches have cost many millions of dollars in PC repairs as they have crashed PC systems and made them unbootable in many instances. It's a royal cluster because Intel knowingly chose to violate proper security structure for command execution and they should be held fully accountable financially for all losses suffered by Intel customers - as should Microsucks for exploited Windoze users.